Damaged Ultratorque cups - fixable for less than price of new ones?

Posted on Mon 26th, January 2015

• #1

fizzy.bleach
I have these, which have damaged threads.

Questions:
1. Is it worth fixing the threads, given that new ones are £15.99 + p+p and I value my labour as a mechanic at a luxurious £10ph.
2. If yes, what's the best way to make them screw-innable? It's for a beater build, but I don't want to risk damaging the BB shell because eventually the frame might form the centrepiece of a Nice Bike one day. I was going to try and grind them into some kind of order with a fine Dremel disc...
PS. I didn't cause any of that damage.
• #2

drøn

run a small triangle file gently in the grooves of the threads to remove the burrs.
• #3

rive_gauche

ten minutes with a small knife file
• #4

fizzy.bleach

Nice one - I used to have a set of them for Warhammer don't you dare fucking laugh.
• #5

rive_gauche

#guffaw
• #6

fizzy.bleach

gorgeous baby blue wartrousers
• #7

adrevporn

^^dat drybrushing.

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